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Originally Posted by Roko
At the same time, I wonder how long this has bothered him and his speed. He has been slow for the whole time he was a flame. Wonder if this was a long time coming, even from his Florida days.
Can imagine he will basically need to relearn to walk and skate after this so it will be wild to see his recovery. Worst case he will end up on LTIR for the contract. Maybe he will come back better
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Kane was a bit of a pioneer in the recovery portion for this surgery (which gives a hint to how relatively new it is for athletes). They got him on a skating machine to start rebuilding and retraining those muscles right away (within 6 weeks I think).
I guess it’s not just the surgery that causes the need to retrain/rebuild but the injury itself, so the longer a player plays with it the more conventional skating muscles go unused. Pre-surgery Kane couldn’t do crossovers or turn his leg in a certain direction, so he said he’d basically “jump” on his one leg to mimic the same movement.
Not only hoping the best for Huberdeau but also hoping he’s one of the big success cases for this and it totally extends and improves his career.